Spoiler Alert: Where's the target audience?

12:18 PM,
Sep. 5, 2013

Charlie Hunnam as Raleigh Becket, left, and Rinko Kikuchi as Mako Mori in a scene from 'Pacific Rim.'

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To paraphrase an overly familiar phrase from Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities," this summer at the box office wasn't so much the best of times and worst of times for Hollywood as it was just a very confusing period for anyone wondering whether movies still have a future.

They do, clearly, but whether it's a future that will appeal to everyone continues to be a subject of much debate.

The bottom line, when looking back at the summer movie season, isn't just good, it's great. How can you argue against record revenues of $4.7 billion? Well, you can, because the other bottom line is that the sense of ...